State v. Straw

This case involves a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel arising out of a guilty plea. Pursuant to a plea agreement, the defendant pleaded guilty to two offenses: possession of a controlled substance and driving while barred. In return for the plea, the State agreed to drop several oth*139er charges. The record is clear that before the district court accepted the plea, it failed to advise the defendant that it could impose consecutive sentences.

On appeal, the defendant contended that the district court erred when it did not inform him that it could impose consecutive sentences and for that…